Member advisory committees

Our member advisory committees help shape Law Society policy on the issues affecting our profession, access to justice and the rule of law – now and into the future.
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Access to Justice Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Richard Owen (chair)
  • Daniel Bonich
  • Jenny Beck
  • Guy Goodings (Council member)
  • Anthony Graham
  • Jasmine Hollis
  • Robert Hush
  • Rohini Jana
  • Nicola Jones-King (Council member)
  • Jawaid Luqmani
  • Cris McCurley
  • Emily McFadden
  • Jacqueline McGuigan
  • Stephane Osborne
  • Ravinder Singh-Chumber
  • Jacky White
  • Paul Yates

Children Law Subcommittee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Naomi Angell
  • Laura Coyle
  • Julie Hine
  • Denise Hoilette
  • Charlotte Image-Flower
  • Shabana Jaffar
  • Keeley Lengthorn (Council member)
  • Lindsey Marks
  • Elaine Webb

Civil Justice Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • John McQuater (chair)
  • Melanie Hart (vice chair)
  • Deborah Burke
  • Amy Clowrey (Council member)
  • Nicola Critchley (Council member)
  • Ed Crosse
  • Brett Dixon (Council member)
  • Nichola Evans
  • Hekim Hannan
  • Charlotte Hill
  • Vidisha Joshi
  • Jeff Lewis (Council member)
  • David Marshall
  • Vlad Meerovich
  • Fiona Meany
  • Nick Parker
  • Jonathan Scarsbrook
  • Elisabetta Sciallis
  • Jonathan Wheeler (Council member)
  • James Whitaker

Company Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Lucy Reeve (chair)
  • Robert Adam
  • Emma Clark
  • Edward Craft
  • Simon Currie
  • Patrick Davis
  • Kathryn Devonald-Davies
  • Rhys Evans
  • Emma Grant
  • Ben Griffiths
  • Jaya Gupta
  • Sarah Hawes
  • David Hicks
  • Andrew Jolly
  • Prakash Kakkad
  • James Leader
  • Michael Marelus
  • Eoin O'Reilly
  • David Pudge
  • Dominic Sedghi
  • Mohammed Senouci
  • Sarah Steele
  • Anthony Turner
  • Elizabeth Wall

Conveyancing and Land Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Michael Draper (chair)
  • Emily d'Albuquerque
  • Dona Awano
  • Sarah Dwight
  • Philip Freedman CBE KC (Hon)
  • Laura Ford
  • Surekha Gangakhedkar
  • Russell Hewitson (Council member)
  • Warren Gordon
  • Stephen Jackson
  • Peter Rodd
  • Mark Sellers

Criminal Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Stuart Nolan (chair)
  • Michael Alexander
  • Scott Bowen (Council member)
  • Javed Chughtai
  • Rebecca Crump
  • Matthew Hardcastle
  • Stephen Head
  • Matthew Hickling
  • Richard Graham
  • Gareth Gwyndaf Jones
  • Laura Janes
  • Shelagh Lyth
  • John Moreland
  • Scott Neilson
  • Mark Newby (Council member)
  • Jessica Skinns
  • Peter Hungerford-Welsh

Economic Crime Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Amy Bell (chair)
  • Luis Campbell
  • Richard Carter
  • Susannah Cogman
  • Helen Devine
  • Ross Dixon
  • Robert Drury
  • Lee Edwards
  • Richard Farquhar (observer)
  • Annette Fritze-Shanks
  • Jason Hungerford
  • Sarah Kebbell
  • Nicola Kirby
  • Michael Levi
  • Emma Oettinger
  • Amasis Saba
  • Marcus Thompson
  • Karen Voller
  • Emma Williams
  • Guy Wilkes

Education and Training Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Michael Draper (chair)
  • Harry Clark (JSN vice chair)
  • Fiona Anthony
  • Aneesha Bhunjun
  • Rosemary Keczkes (Council member)
  • Tom Ketteley
  • Dr Omar Madhloom
  • Ben Perry
  • Victoria Roper

Employment Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Tarun Tawakley (chair)
  • Afshin Bemani
  • Carla Bennett
  • Adele Edwin-Lamerton
  • Rachel Ellis
  • Beth Hale
  • Jodie Hill
  • Molly Horton
  • Kayleigh Leonie
  • William McKay
  • Sean Nesbitt
  • Daniella Parsons
  • Kate Redshaw
  • Doreen Reeves
  • Emma Wilkinson
  • Max Winthrop

Family Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Karen Dovaston (chair, Council member)
  • Roopa Ahluwalia
  • Jenny Beck
  • Caroline Bowden
  • Lisette Dupre
  • Elizabeth Fisher-Frank
  • Elizabeth Fletcher
  • David Hodson
  • Nailah Kausar
  • Keeley Lengthorn (Council member)

Housing Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Christian Hansen (co-chair)
  • Sara Stephens (co-chair)
  • Neli Borisova
  • Robert Brown
  • Rachel Olivia Pulley Crowther
  • Sian Evans
  • Paul Gorton
  • Rosemary Keczkes (Council member)
  • Angus King
  • Andrew Lucas
  • Mike Norman
  • Jennifer Phillips

Human Rights Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Tony Fisher (chair)
  • Danielle Cohen (Council member)
  • Michael Imperato
  • Angela Jackman
  • Rosemin Keshvani (Council member)
  • Shoaib Khan
  • Ravi Naik
  • Simon Rollason (Council member)
  • Teni Shahiean
  • Niresha Umaichelvam
  • Aneeta Williams

Immigration Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Muhunthan Paramesvaran (chair)
  • Kamla Adiseshiah
  • Bushra Ali
  • Zoe Bantleman
  • Christopher Cole (observer)
  • Joanna Hunt
  • Zoe Jacob
  • Zeena Luchowa
  • Rebecca Kuehler
  • Vina Madhavji
  • Tom Marsom
  • Shahailya Stephenson
  • Nick Webb
  • Richard Young
  • Jessica Yu

Intellectual Property Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Giles Parsons (chair)
  • Caroline Bass
  • Joanna Conway
  • Gareth Dickson
  • John Enser
  • Kerry Fitchett
  • Stephanie Hanson
  • Matthew Harris
  • Michael Hawkins
  • Karmen Koh
  • Caroline Korman
  • Roland Mallinson
  • Ben Mark
  • Carolyn Pepper
  • Duncan Ribbons
  • Emma Stopford
  • Ashmeet Wadwa
  • James Whitaker

International Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Eunice Shang-Simpson (chair)
  • Christina Blacklaws
  • Sir Colin Budd (observer)
  • Sara Chandler
  • Pietro Denaro
  • Alexandre Duterque
  • Tony Fisher
  • Ben Giaretta
  • Jonathan Goldsmith (Council member)
  • Tony Grundy
  • Chris Owen
  • Richard Lang
  • James Love
  • Sarah Murray
  • Sergei Ostrovsky
  • Ted Shapiro
  • Tatiana Siakka
  • Steven Sprague
  • Pedro Telles
  • Rafal Zakrzewski

Mental Health and Disability Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Kirsty Stuart (chair)
  • Caroline Bielanska
  • Elizabeth Cleaver
  • Neil Cronin
  • Lauren Crow
  • Sheree Green
  • Chris Ince
  • Alice Livermore
  • Nicola Mackintosh KC (Hon)
  • Jamie Middleton
  • Sophy Miles
  • Jennifer Nwachukwu
  • Camilla Parker
  • Bridget Penhale
  • Dr Zoe Picton-Howell
  • Deborah Robinson
  • Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon)
  • Kathrina Salter
  • Lucy Scott-Moncrief (CBE)
  • Ben Troke
  • Andrew Wigmore

Planning and Environmental Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Sebastian Charles (chair)
  • Nigel Bell
  • Heidi Copland
  • Noel Doran
  • Tim Hallam
  • Beth Harries
  • Bernadette Hillman
  • Gary Howard
  • Sadia Hussain
  • Richard Keczkes
  • Peter Kellett
  • Philip Kratz
  • Caroline May
  • Jamie McKie
  • Steve Murphy
  • Hannah Quarterman
  • Lee Saywack
  • Chad Sutton
  • James Thomas
  • Andrew Wiseman

Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Linda Lee (chair)
  • Michael Garson (co-opt)
  • Guy Goodings (Council member)
  • David Green
  • Christopher Miller
  • Ben Parks
  • Niya Phiri
  • Jenny Screech (co-opt)
  • Fran Shaw
  • Owen Thomas (co-opt)
  • Bikram Virk

Professional Standards and Ethics Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Peter Cadman (chair)
  • Sophie Cisler
  • Tim Connal
  • Natalie Cooksey
  • Claire Duncan
  • Jim Meyer
  • Sarah Steele
  • Craig Underwood
  • Helen Walsh
  • Lucy Wells
  • Andriana Zacharia

Regulatory Processes Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Peter Steel (chair)
  • Rebecca Atkinson
  • Helen Carr
  • Andrea Cohen
  • Claire Duncan
  • Robert Forman
  • Richard Nelson
  • Julie Norris
  • John Whitehouse
  • Jayne Willetts
  • Sanchia Wheeler

Tax Law Committee

This committee has a number of sub-groups:

  • Capital Taxes Sub Committee
  • Corporation Tax Sub Committee
  • Income Tax Sub Committee
  • International Tax Sub Committee
  • Stamp Taxes Working Party
  • VAT and Duties Sub Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Lydia Challen (co-chair)
  • Stephen Pallister (co-chair)
  • Sandy Bhogal
  • Jonathan Colclough
  • Jonathan Cooklin
  • Ben Eaton
  • Malcolm Gammie
  • Robert Gaut
  • Heather Gething
  • Alex Jupp
  • Serena Lee
  • Gregory Price
  • Ed Powles
  • Martin Shah
  • Simon Skinner
  • Sarah Squires
  • Nick Thornton
  • Rosemary Todd

Technology and Law Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Kerry Beynon (co-chair)
  • Akber Datoo (co-chair)
  • Sam Clearwater
  • Dorothy Delahunt
  • Jonathan Friend
  • Tim Heywood
  • Eimear McCann
  • Lisa McClory
  • Smita Oza
  • Tanja Podinic
  • Joan Purvis
  • Patrick Skinner

Wills and Equity Committee

Who to contact:

Members:

  • Stephen Lawson (chair)
  • Ian Bond
  • Juliet Brook
  • Blerta Clubb
  • Richard Dew
  • Alexander Erskine
  • Jade Gani
  • Melinda Giles (Council member)
  • Byron Jones